March 25-31

P3 building towers and knocking them over:

 

P2 earned enough money to buy her Cutetito toy. It is a little stuffed animal that comes wrapped like a burrito. The things toy companies come up with!

P3 loves being anything that growls: 

All the kids intently watching Pokemon: The Power of Us for our Friday night movie. P3 was cute to watch during the movie.

On Sunday, P2 wanted me to give her a ponytail and pig-tails. I told her that it looked a bit silly and we should at least put it in a braid. So, this was the resulting hair style:

P3 playing King of the Mountain:

 

March 18-24

P3 woke up on Monday with a fever of 103 F.  He was a pretty sad baby. Unfortunately, my colitis decided to also flare up that morning, so I had to keep putting him down to go to the bathroom. I was about to text the sister who ministers to me, and right when I picked up my phone, I got a text from her! She asked how I was doing, and if I needed anything. What timing! She was sweet and brought us dinner that night. P3 took a 3 hour nap on me, and basically all that I did that day was hold him.

P3 had his 18 month check up on Tuesday. He was still a little bit sick, so he was a sad little guy during the visit. Luckily, there were no shots this visit! He has gone down a little bit in weight percentile. He hasn't eaten a lot this week, so the doctor said to give him chocolate milk. P3 will love that!

Weight:

20 lbs 12 oz (9th percentile)

Length:

31.5 in (21st percentile)

P3 was so tired but wouldn't take a nap. I turned on a show and tried to get him to lay down on me. He refused, and just sat on me. He was so tired though, that he kept almost falling over. He couldn't keep his eyes open. I finally got him to lay down on me, and then P2 fell off the hammock and screamed bloody murder. So of course, P3 startled awake and refused to go back to sleep.

We had some nice weather this week, so we did venture outside for a little bit.

P3 likes to have sword fights with his siblings. It's pretty adorable.

On Saturday, we had a girl's day out! There was a bridal shower in Orem for my cousin, so P2 and I went with my mom and sister. It was good to see family, and fun to spend the day with P2. When I told P1 that we would be gone most of the day, he started to cry and said that he would miss me so much! 

After the bridal shower, we went to a BYU rugby game to watch another cousin play. It was our first rugby game. It went pretty fast, and P2 enjoyed the popcorn. After the game, we ate at the Brick Oven. It was a fun day!

Dad and P3 chillin' in the hammock:

P1 likes to dress up as Link, so P3 started to copy his brother. He makes a pretty cute Link.

Grandma and Grandpa came by Sunday night for a little visit. The kids always love time with grandparents.

March 11-17

On Tuesday night, we had our Relief Society Birthday Celebration. Dinner was catered by Olive Garden and the guest speaker was Sister Ardeth Kapp, former General Young Women President. It was a great night! The food was delicious, and Sister Kapp was very upbeat and uplifting. She had us do a little exercise where we paired up, and held hands. First, we told each other something we liked about them (small talk). Second, we talked about something we both thought was important and we could both support. Third, we each shared a burden we are carrying. And fourth, we told them what we would say if we knew it was the last time on this earth that we would see them. It was a little awkward, but also powerful. Many were in tears. Sister Kapp said small talk is good and breaks the ice, but we need to also move beyond that to really love each other. The theme of the night was to Rise Up, and so they had lots of balloons. The kids enjoyed the ones I brought home.

We bought a bigger bike for P1. It was definitely needed as his other bike is much too small. Why do kids grow so much?!?! He likes it, and we need to use it a lot so that soon we can try to take away the training wheels. While I was assembling it, P3 kept trying to climb on it and ride it. We may need to get him a little tricycle. P3 always gets splotchy around the eyes when we go outside. He may have a sun allergy...

We found out that P1 got punched in the face on Friday during kindergarten. Just what every parent wants to hear.  It was completely unprovoked and right at the end of class. The teacher said P1 was very brave and tried hard not to cry. P1 bounced back very quickly. We as parents are more upset than he is. We've talked to the teacher and principal, and they are working on a solution.

Boys playing with Dad:

We  celebrated my mom's birthday on Sunday. One of her presents was puzzles to do with the grand-kids. They sure do love their grandma!

Eagerly awaiting dessert!

March 4-10

We got some more Break-Out Beasts, and the kids had fun opening them up. Really, P3 is the only one that loves playing with the slime. He thinks it is the best stuff in the world. The other 2 like the dragons, but not the slime.

 

P3 likes to try to ride on P1. Really, he is just walking along while holding onto his big brother. Dad told P1 that if he would stop, P3 would leave him alone. So P1 just laid on the floor, and P3 had the time of his life climbing on top of him. We finally had to pull P3 off because P1 was getting upset.

P1 had parent-teacher conferences this week. We tried to coordinate with our friends so we could swap the little ones. It didn't really work though, because this time there were stations to rotate through, so we were both in there at the same time. P1 showed me how he can write the numbers 1-15, add and subtract, and read a short book. He did great, and his teacher said that he is doing extremely well in class. He is a great reader, and he is also doing well socially and emotionally. She told me about the time that he had been left in the class bathroom when class was finished. When she realized that he had been left behind, she went back to go get him. When she came into the classroom, he was on the floor in "fervent" prayer. She was very impressed by that, and even shared that story with her son that is on a mission. I am so proud of P1. He is such a good kid and I love being his mom.

P3 helping Dad play a game.

P2 had a field trip with her preschool class. It was to a cute pediatric dentist office in Layton. It was a pretty short field trip, but the kids enjoyed it. After the field trip, we went to lunch with one of P2's preschool friends. That day was also an early out day for kindergarten, but thankfully a friend had offered to pick up P1 for a play date. They even went out to eat like we did. It worked out perfectly!

We took the kids to the Book Fair at the elementary. P1 picked out another Pokemon book, and P2 picked out another Disney Princess book. P3 tried to take home all the books. He was in heaven! We bought him the cheapest book we could find, which was a $2 Star Wars book.

A week or so ago, P1 had Dr. Seuss week at school. When we were at grandma's house, he found all of her Dr. Seuss books and read them by himself! He is really a great reader!

We went to my mom's for a scrapbook workshop. We had lunch there, and the kids did pretty well entertaining themselves. Instead of working on scrapbooks, I ended up doing some work. My supervisor called on Thursday and had some more data he wanted me to organize.

P3 found some chocolate at grandma's house, and gave himself a makeover.

P1 and P2 asked if they could play Smash Brothers. I gave them the controllers, set a time limit, and let them try to play. P1 had it mostly figured out, but P2 needed some help. With Dad's help, she finally started to figure it out. She even won some of the matches!